I Wanted To Write Honest Books For

It Was A Such A Surprise, Such An Absolute Shocking Surprise To Me To Not Know What You're Doing And To Find Out That This Thing That You Don't Even Know How To Do, That You're Sure You Don't Know How To Do, Speaks To So Many People And Touches So Many People In Some Way.

I Want You To Know It Was No Big Deal...those Movies Showing Women Screaming In Labor Are Plain Bullshit....there's Nothing To It...you Just Push And Push And Finally The Baby Pops Out...to Tell You The Truth I Don't Even Rember That Much About It Except There Was A Very Nice Guy Standing Over Me And Every Time A Strong Contraction Started He Gave Me A Whiff Of Gas.

Sometimes I'll Say, "i Wrote That Book," And The Person Will Look At You As If You're Really Strange. One Time That Happened To My Daughter On A Plane. She Was Sitting Next To A Girl Who Was Reading One Of My Books And My Daughter Said, "my Mother Wrote That Book." And The Girl Started To Quiz My Daughter, Asking Her All Sorts Of Questions, Like What Are The Names Of Judy's Children And Where Did She Grow Up. My Daughter Thought It Was So Funny.

I Have To Go With What Comes Naturally To Me. Fantasy Isn't My Thing. I Did Enjoy The Oz Books When I Was Growing Up And Certainly My Grandson And I Read Harry Potter Together. You Write What You Can As Well As You Can.

Like My Mother Said, You Can't Go Back To Holding Hands